This activity is used to enter detailed information about one or more FMEA failure effects. Effects are the adverse consequences that might result from the failure of a design or process.
To enter detailed information about a FMEA failure effect, first open the Design FMEA or Process FMEA page, expand the record for the corresponding part in the record selector by clicking Expand and open the appropriate level. Alternatively open the FMEA Function page and select the record for the corresponding function in the record selector. Select the specific failure in the Failures section. Then, click the new command on the Effects tab, enter information about the effect, including severity, and click Save.
This activity requires the existence of at least one structure or routing alternate. This alternate must be associated with at least one FMEA function and failure.
As a result of this activity, you will have entered detailed information about one or more FMEA failure effect for each failure related to the selected design or process FMEA function. You will also have entered the severity ranking for each failure effect.